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• Stone Axe Return to for European Tour

  

  The cream of the retro rockin’ resurgence crop has announced that they’re making their long anticipated return to the shores of the United Kingdom and northern... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Zodiac N Black - The Aftermyth

  

  What happened to the Rock? Where did it all disappear to? The once thriving genre of the late ‘60’s and ‘70’s seems to have evaporated for the most part due t... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Ben Rice Band - Pour Me Some Whiskey

  

  Wave riders, you rock blues aficionados may know The Ben Rice Band if only for their bridesmaid finishes in music competitions and blues awards. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Anthrax - Among the Living

  

  I first heard this cassette in Phoenix, AZ, after reading about them in RIP magazine (rest in peace, ha)--( "...just listening to this record will make you brea... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Whitesnake - Live…In The Heart Of The City

  

  Here's something I thought I'd never say - I just got a Whitesnake album and I love it!!I've always known that Whitesnake in the late 70's and early 80's was... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Beyond The Bridge – The Old Man And The Spirit

  

  I gotta be completely honest with you. I started listening to this release and thought it was just going to be a perfunctory listen, just so I could tell Racer... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• TRIBUNE Announce U.S. Tour Dates - "The Dark Arts Tour"

  

  Burnaby, BC melodic prog death thrashers TRIBUNE are proud to announce they will be hitting the road in the USA from April through May along with Canadian... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• King Giant - Dismal Hollow

  

  It's good to be the king. Dismal Hollow, the second album by northern Virginia's King Giant, was met with much fanfare from loyal followers when it was... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Chuck Prophet – The Hurting Business

  

  Even back then, I could tell. There may not be many people around who remember Peter Accident and the Duck Revolution, but I do. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Dark Empire - From Refugee to Ruin

  

  Oh Prog Metal!... how I love thee! Let me count the ways. With all your crazy complex time signatures, dark brooding chord progressions, unexpected change... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• All The Right Moves - The Monster I’ve Become EP

  

  Minnesota-based All The Right Moves is making all the right moves. Their release, The Monster I’ve Become, follows regional Mid-West success as a warm-up band. Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Inferion - The Desolate

  

  With Inferion, I think I have found my new extreme metal obsession. From the first few notes of "It Began With Blood" I was excited. I loved it. I loved all... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Ghost - Opus Eponymous

  

  iTunes (the computer program) doesn't lie. Opus Eponymous is my most-played metal album of the last year-- according to its coldly-calculating statistics. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Ripple Theater - Barry Richards TV Collection Vol.1 Featuring Tommy Bolin,...

  

  In the 3 years I've been scribbling for Ripple I've received some very cool stuff - lots of great music, some cool feedback on my reviews (Captain Sensible... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Jim Wilson - S/T

  

  “Mr. Penfold, Mr. Corporate will see you now.” “Thank you ma’am. I’ll see myself in.” I stood up, lifted my briefcase, and marched into the businessman’s... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Primal Fear – Unbreakable

  

  I’m an old fart, so when I was in junior high and high school, it was prime time for bands like Judas Priest, and I was barely out of high school when the... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2012 MUSIC

• Ripple Music Announces Sponsorship and Grand Prize Recording Contract for TBFM...

  

  Ripple Music, home of the "Best retro-rock and metal on the planet" is thrilled to announce it's sponsorship of TBFM Factor 2012 - the biggest "on-air" battle o... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• The Single Life: Tuber - Smoked Up Notes

  

  This was a sweet surprise. Thanks Racer. I first discovered Tuber while Bandcamp browsing last year and I immediately downloaded their free, self-titled ep afte... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• The Single Life - Featuring The Enthusiasts, Mondo Ray, The Penetrators, PIle,...

  

  The Enthusiasts –Sinkin/Risin’ b/w Joanne Mutated garage fuzz with a mean and beefy bottom end. The Enthusiasts know how to bring the rock into the garage rock... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Hard Riot - Living On A Fast Lane

  

  OK, a show of hands please! How many remember these lyrics - “Get cha motor runnin’. Head out on the highway! Lookin’ for adventure. Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC